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Monster Shelf Cloud - 13th April


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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Snowy winter and thunderstorms all year round!
  • Location: Sunderland

lost for words!.......one word less than Paul!........

Wow! :angry:

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset

Awesome pictures! Great captures. :)

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  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)

Superb! Love the first one, ominous and dramatic.

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  • Location: New Milton, Hampshire (55m AMSL)
  • Location: New Milton, Hampshire (55m AMSL)
:yahoo: Wow!

Was that the storm that you saw the Funnel Cloud in?

Thanks for the comments

Andy - no this was about 7hrs later, near sunset, a seperate storm.

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  • Location: Crayford the no interesting weather zone of Kent, (20m asl)
  • Location: Crayford the no interesting weather zone of Kent, (20m asl)

was that taken in this country?? :D

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire

Wow great pics!

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury

Amazing pictures! :D Wish i could of took that photo! :D

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  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL
  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL

Superb - what a sight!

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  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.

Top shelf..!! Well captured Paul, you seem to have an uncanny thing being in the right place

at the right time.

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)

Great first pic LH.

Reminds of when we were outrunning a squall line in west central Texas last May which had a shelf cloud which stretched from the south horizon to the north horizon.

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  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
  • Location: Leigh On Sea - Essex & Tornado Alley
Amazing pictures! :) Wish i could of took that photo! :)

Give it 2-3 weeks, and I have a sneaky suspicion you may just get some pics like that :D

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  • Location: Hampshire
  • Location: Hampshire
Simply stunning, saw some lightning, but it gave no rain where I was:

shelf1.jpg

Ello,

Quality picture.. but the what i find intreguing is the clearly visable curvature of the cloud just above the shelf prooving this to be a supercell, i got to ask you, by any chance did this baby spawn any tornadoes?

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  • Location: New Milton, Hampshire (55m AMSL)
  • Location: New Milton, Hampshire (55m AMSL)

Hi Iceagian,

Yes it did have a slight 'bow' to it, but that doesn't make it a supercell. The storm had developed before sunset, and the storm was becoming outflow dominant. The gust front surged out south-westwards, lifting up some stable air creating the smooth shelf as it rushed overhead.

It didn't even give any rain at my location, but there was a deluge just to the east and north as it was quite slow moving. I haven't heard any reports of any funnels or tornadoes and it certainly didn't produce anything whilst I was there, albeit late in it's life.

btw, the full story with more pics is now on my website here:

http://www.wildskies.co.uk/showerstorms/2008/13-04-08d.html

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  • Location: Sedgley/Dudley, West Midlands. 672ft/205m
  • Location: Sedgley/Dudley, West Midlands. 672ft/205m

WOW! they are really stunning :doh:

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